Environmental Compliance Conference 2018 in Auckland

The NZPI announced the programme for the ECC's annual conference in Auckland in November 2018. I'm delighted to be speaking at the conference. My presentation is called Working Alongside the Bots. It will explore how our work in compliance will change with artificial intelligence. This is a hot topic for the media right now. TheContinue reading "Environmental Compliance Conference 2018 in Auckland"

Beyond the Five Senses – Part 3 Sensory Engagement

We continue our topic of human senses with a look at the importance of sensory engagement in a person's well-being. We will focus on: why senses matter to well-being the challenges of sensory engagement in the urban environment the role of sensory experience in the development of children. 1. Why do the senses matter toContinue reading "Beyond the Five Senses – Part 3 Sensory Engagement"

Beyond the Five Senses – Part 2 The Senses

Today we look at our five "main" senses - what we now know about them, what other senses there are and why these other senses are important too. To see the last post which introduced this look at our senses, click here. It is easy to think of our senses as five discrete ways ourContinue reading "Beyond the Five Senses – Part 2 The Senses"

Beyond the Five Senses – Part 1

You might ask - why blog on our senses? Isn't this straightforward biology? Can understanding our senses better really help us in a digital world? The answer is most definitely yes.   We will explore in this series of four posts. We will: Understand what a sense is and why senses are important, including toContinue reading "Beyond the Five Senses – Part 1"

Understanding Memory – Step 3 Recalling Information

We continue this month's blog topic - Memory. Human memory. See previous posts for  an introduction to this topic and the first step in memory Encoding Information, and the second post on the second step in memory: Storing Information.  Over this series of posts we will look at the three steps of memory: identifying information and encodingContinue reading "Understanding Memory – Step 3 Recalling Information"

Understanding Memory – Step 2 Storing Information

We continue this month's blog topic - Memory. Human memory. See the last post here for an introduction to this topic and the first step in memory: Encoding Information. Over this series of posts we will look at the three steps of memory: identifying information and encoding it to your memory (see here) storing memories (today'sContinue reading "Understanding Memory – Step 2 Storing Information"

Understanding Memory – Step 1 Encoding Information

Today we will take a look at what happens in the minds of two resource management professionals, Sarah and Abby, as they visit a site together. We will meet them later, but for now here is an introduction to this month's topic (to skip the intro scroll down to the first heading Step 1: Encoding Information) TheContinue reading "Understanding Memory – Step 1 Encoding Information"